CFI members are invited to join us at the Smith Rafael Film Center for a celebration of award winning director and writer Noah Baumbach’s 20 years in film highlighting his work about The High School Years (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE), End of College (KICKING AND SCREAMING), Late 20’s, Confusion and Finding Yourself (FRANCES HA) and finally becoming an Adult (WHILE WE’RE YOUNG).

The first three screenings are a selection of Baumbach’s career as a director and writer — The series will culminate with a very special screening of Noah Baumbach’s new film, WHILE WE’RE YOUNG on March 30th with Noah Baumbach in person.

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THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

MARCH 9 • 6:30
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents’ divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

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KICKING AND SCREAMING

MARCH 16 • 6:30
Baumbach’s first film is a movie about a group of smart, articulate college students who have just graduated, and are hanging around the campus before the icy blast of real life begins. They have few plans or prospects, but they trust they’re clever enough to land on their feet. – AT RUSH

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FRANCES HA

MARCH 23 • 6:30
Greta Gerwig shines in this breezy but poignant comedy, inspired by the French New Wave (not to mention Woody Allen) set in contemporary New York. Frances is an apprentice dancer who, at 27, has yet to negotiate her post-college identity crisis and transition into full-blown adulthood. – AT RUSH

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WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

MARCH 30 • 7:00Starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts, WHIEL WE’RE YOUNG is an openly funny cross-generational comedy of manners about aging, ambition and success, as well as a moving portrait of a marriage tested by the invading forces of youth. No film has better captured the weird, upended logic of urban sophisticates: the older ones embracing their iPads and Netflix, the younger ones craving vinyl records and vintage VHS tapes.
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG opens in San Francisco on April 3.

We are not accepting RSVPs for WHILE WE’RE YOUNG film right now, but…Attendees of any of the first three Noah Baumbach screenings will automatically receive an invite to WHILE WE’RE YOUNG with the Q&A. Space is limited and available first-come, first-served.